What is OPEC ?

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- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Headquarters:Vienna, Austria

Official language:English

Membership:
13 states (2016)
Algeria
Angola
Ecuador
Indonesia
Iran*
Iraq*
Kuwait*
Libya
Nigeria
Qatar
Saudi Arabia*
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela*

•Secretary General Abdallah Salem elBadri

Establishment Baghdad, Iraq

• Statute 10–14 September 1960

•In effect January 1961

Currency Indexed as USD per barrel (US$ /bbl)

Website:
www.OPEC.org

-OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) is an intergovernmental organization of 13 nations, founded in 1960 by the first five members,
and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. The 13 countries account for 40 percent of global oil production and 73 percent of the world's "proven" oil reserves, making OPEC a major influence on global oil prices.

OPEC's stated mission is "to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its member countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets, in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers, and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry." As of 2016, OPEC's members are Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia (the de facto leader), United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
Two-thirds of OPEC's oil production and reserves are in its six Middle Eastern countries that surround the oil-rich Persian Gulf.

The formation of OPEC marked a turning point toward national sovereignty over natural resources, and OPEC decisions have come to play a prominent role in the global oil market and international relations. The effect can be particularly strong when wars or civil disorders lead to extended interruptions in supply. In the 1970s, restrictions in oil production led to a dramatic rise in oil prices and OPEC revenue and wealth, with long-lasting and far-reaching consequences for the global economy. In the 1980s, OPEC started setting production targets for its member nations; and generally when the production targets are reduced, oil prices increase. In December 2014, "OPEC and the oil men" ranked as #3 on Lloyd's list of "the top 100 most influential people in the shipping industry" – although their influence on international trade is periodically challenged by the expansion of non-OPEC energy sources, and by the recurring temptation for individual OPEC members to exceed their production ceilings.

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Question Related to Finance Commission of India

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*Question related to The Finance Commission of India*

*Q.1.     What is the Finance Commission?*
Ans.     The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under article 280 of the Constitution, mainly to give its recommendations on distribution of tax revenues between the Union and the States and amongst the States themselves. Two distinctive features of the Commission’s work involve redressing the vertical imbalances between the taxation powers and expenditure responsibilities of the centre and the States respectively and equalization of all public services across the States.

*Q.2      What are the functions of the Finance Commission?*
Ans.     It is the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to— 

the distribution between the Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to be, or may be, divided between them and the allocation between the States of the respective shares of such proceeds;
the principles which should govern the grants-in-aid of the revenues of the States out of the Consolidated Fund of India;
the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the Panchayats in the State on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the State;
the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the Municipalities in the State on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the State;
any other matter referred to the Commission by the President in the interests of sound finance.
The Commission determines its procedure and have such powers in the performance of their functions as Parliament may by law confer on them.

*Q.3.     Who appoints the Finance Commission and what are the qualifications for Members?*

Ans.     The Finance Commission is appointed by the President under Article 280 of the Constitution.   As per the provisions contained in the Finance Commission [Miscellaneous Provisions] Act, 1951 and The Finance Commission (Salaries & Allowances) Rules, 1951, the Chairman of the Commission is selected from among persons who have had experience in public affairs, and the four other members are selected from among persons who--
(a) are, or have been, or are qualified to be appointed as Judges of a High Court; or
(b) have special knowledge of the finances and accounts of Government; or
(c) have had wide experience in financial matters and in administration; or
(d) have special knowledge of economics

*Q.4.     How are the recommendations of Finance Commission implemented?*

Ans.     The recommendations of the Finance Commission are implemented  as under:-

Those to be implemented by an order of the President:
The recommendations relating to distribution of Union Taxes and Duties and Grants-in-aid fall in this category.
Those to be implemented by executive orders: 
The recommendations in respect of sharing of Profit Petroleum, Debt Relief, Mode of Central Assistance, etc. are implemented by executive orders.

*Q.5.     When was the first Commission appointed and how many Commissions have been appointed so far?*

Ans.     The First Finance Commission was constituted vide Presidential Order dated 22.11.1951 under the chairmanship of Shri K.C. Neogy on 6th April, 1952.  Fourteen Finance Commissions have been appointed so far at intervals of every five years.

*Q.6.     Is the Finance Commission unique to India?*
Ans.     Most federal systems resolve the vertical and horizontal imbalances through mechanisms similar to the Finance Commission. For example Australia and Canada.

*Q.7.     What is the composition of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?*

Ans.     The Fourteenth Finance Commission has been set up under the Chairmanship of Dr. Y.V.Reddy [Former Governor Reserve Bank of India].  Other Members of the Commission are Ms. Sushma Nath [ Former Union Finance Secretary ], Dr. M.Govinda Rao [ Director, National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi ), Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Former Acting Chairman, National Statistical Commission. Prof Abhijit Sen (Member, Planning Commission) is the part-time Member of the Fourteenth Finance Commission.  Shri Shri Ajay Narayan Jha is the Secretary, Fourteenth Finance Commission.

*Q.8.     What is the tenure of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?*

Ans.     The Finance Commission is required to give its report by 31st October, 2014. Its recommendations will cover the five year period commencing from 1st April, 2015.

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वित आयोग

*HariOm/ जानिए क्या है वित्त आयोग*

भारतीय वित्त आयोग 1951 को अस्तित्‍व में आया. इसका गठन राष्‍ट्रपति द्वारा भारतीय संविधान की धारा 280 के तहत किया गया है. इस आयोग को केंद्र और राज्‍य के बीच वित्तीय संबंधों को परिभाषित करने के लिए किया गया था:
- संविधान के अनुच्छेद 280 में वित्त आयोग के गठन का प्रावधान किया गया है
- वित्त आयोग के गठन का अधिकार राष्ट्रपति को दिया गया है
- वित्त आयोग में राष्ट्रपति द्वारा एक अध्यक्ष और चार अन्य सदस्य नियुक्त किये जाते हैं
- राज्य वित्त आयोग का गठन भारतीय संविधान के अनुच्छेद 243 (1 ) की द्वारा किया जाता है

*____________________________*
पहला
1951
केसी नियोगी
1952-1957

दूसरा
1956
के संथानाम
1957-1962

तीसरा
1960
एके चंद्रा
1962-1966

चौथा
1964
डॉ पीवी राजमन्‍नार
1966-1969

पांचवां
1968
महावीर त्‍यागी
1969-1974

छठा
1972
पी ब्रह्मानंद रेड्डी
1974-1979

सातवां
1977
जेपी सेलट
1979-1984

आठवां
1982
वाई पी चौहान
1984-1989

नौवां
1987
एन केपी साल्‍वे
1989-1995

10वां
1992
केसी पंत
1995-2000

11वां
1998
प्रो एएम खुसरो
2000-2005

12वां
2003
डॉ सी रंगराजन
2005-2010

13वां
2007
डॉ विजय एल केलकर
2010-2015

14वां
2012
डॉ वाई वी रेड्डी
2015-2020

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Finance Commission of India

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Dr Y.V Reddy, Chairman

Dr M.Govindha Rao, Member

Sushma Nath, Member

Prof Abhijit Sen, Member

Dr Sudipto Mundle, Member

Ajay Narayan Jha, Secretary

*Website http://fincomindia.nic.in*

-The Finance Commission came into existence in 1951.
It was established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution by the President of India. It was formed to define the financial relations between the centre and the state. The Finance Commission Act of 1951 states the terms of qualification, appointment and disqualification, the term, eligibility and powers of the Finance Commission. As per the Constitution, the commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other members. Since the institution of the first finance commission, stark changes have occurred in the Indian economy causing changes in the macroeconomic scenario. This has led to major changes in the Finance Commission's recommendations over the years. Till date, Fourteen Finance Commissions have submitted their reports.

*Functions*
Distribution of net proceeds of taxes between Center and the States, to be divided as per their respective contributions to the taxes. Determine factors governing Grants-in Aid to the states and the magnitude of the same. To make recommendations to president as to the measures needed to augment the Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the panchayats and municipalities in the state on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the state. any other matter related to it by the president in the interest of sound finance

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How does cloud seeding work

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*How does cloud seeding work?*

During droughts water is scarce but is it possible to make it rain to provide water.

Experiments in cloud seeding suggest that it may be possible to artificially create rainfall.

Rainfall occurs when supercooled droplets of water – those that are still liquid but are at a temperature below the usual freezing point of zero centigrade – form ice crystals. Now too heavy to remain suspend in the air, these then fall, often melting on their way down to form rain.

Even in dry areas the air usually contains some water. This can be made to come together and form ice crystals by seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice.

They work to promote rainfall by inducing nucleation – what little water is in the air condenses around the newly introduced particles and crystallises to form ice.

The ‘seeds’ can be delivered by plane or simply by spraying from the ground.

But does it work?

It’s hard to tell for sure. As is often the case with weather and climate, it’s impossible to carry out a controlled experiment – so, in areas of increased precipitation, we can’t know whether it would still have rained even if the clouds hadn’t been seeded.

Success has been claimed for trials in Australia, France, Spain and the US. In the United Arab Emirates, the technique is credited with the creation of 52 storms in the Abu Dhabi desert, while China boasts of having used the technology in reverse to keep the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008 dry.

Recent research, however, suggests that it’s not as effective as was previously believed.

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बरसात क्यों होती है

*HariOm : क्यों बरसात होती है*

मानसून का गणित!

मानसून शब्द की उत्पत्ति अरब शब्द मौसिन से हुई है। जिसका अर्थ होता है मौसम। सलाना आगमन के कारण ही इस खास जलवायु का नाम मानसून पड़ा। आइए अब जानते हैं कैसे होता है मानसून का आगमन:-

पृथ्वी द्वारा सूर्य का चक्कर लगाने के क्रम में पृथ्वी का कुछ भाग कुछ समय के लिए सूर्य से दूर चला जाता है। जिसे सूर्य का उत्तरायन और दक्षिणायन होना कहा जाता है। पृथ्वी पर स्थित दो काल्पनिक रेखाएं कर्क और मकर रेखा है। सूर्य उत्तरायन के समय कर्क रेखा पर और दक्षिणायन के समय मकर रेखा पर होता है। पृथ्वी पर इसी परिवर्तन के कारण ग्रीष्मकाल तथा शीतकाल का आगमन होता है। यहां पर मुख्यरूप से तीन मौसम होते हैं-ग्रीष्मकाल, वर्षाकाल तथा शीतकाल। ग्रीष्मकाल की अवधि मार्च से जून तक, वर्षाकाल की अवधि जुलाई से अक्टूबर और शीत काल की अवधि नवम्बर से फरवरी होती है।

मौसम में इसी परिवर्तन के साथ हवा की दिशा भी बदलती है। जहां ज्यादा गर्मी होती है वहां से हवा गर्म होकर ऊपर उठने लगती है और पूरे क्षेत्र में निम्न वायुदाब का क्षेत्र बन जाता है। ऐसी स्थिति में हवा की रिक्तता को भरने के लिए ठंडे क्षेत्र से हवा गर्म प्रदेश की ओर बहने लगती है। शुष्क और वर्षा काल का बारी-बारी से आना मानसूनी जलवायु की मुख्य विशेषताएं हैं। ग्रीष्म काल में हवा समुद्र से स्थल की ओर चलती है जो कि वर्षा के अनुकूल होती है और शीत काल में हवा स्थल से समुद्र की ओर चलती है।

ग्रीष्म काल में 21 मार्च से सूर्य उत्तरायण होने लगता है तथा 21 जून को कर्क रेखा पर लंबवत चमकता है। इस कारण मध्य एशिया का भूभाग काफी गर्म हो जाता है। फलस्वरूप हवा गर्म होकर ऊपर उठ जाती है और निम्न दबाव का क्षेत्र बन जाता है। जबकि दक्षिणी गोलार्ध के महासागरीय भाग पर ठंड के कारण स्थित उच्च वायुदाब की ओर से हवा उत्तर में स्थित कम वायुदाब की ओर चलने लगती है।

इस क्रम में हवा विषवत रेखा को पार कर फेरेल के नियम के अनुसार अपने दाहिने ओर झुक जाती है। फेरेल के नियम के अनुसार पृथ्वी की गति के कारण हवा अपनी दाहिनी ओर झुक जाती है। यह हवा प्रायद्वीपीय भारत, बर्मा, तथा दक्षिण-पूर्वी एशिया के अन्य स्थलीय भागों पर दक्षिणी-पश्चिमी मानसूनी हवा के रूप में समुद्र से स्थल की ओर बहने लगती है। इसे दक्षिणी-पश्चिमी मानसून कहते हैं। ये हवा समुद्र से चलती है इसलिए इसमें जलवाष्प भरपूर होती हैं। इसी कारण एशिया महाद्वीप के इन क्षेत्रों में भारी वर्षा होती है। यह मानसूनी जलवायु भारत, दक्षिण-पूर्वी एशिया, उत्तरी आस्ट्रेलिया, पश्चिमी अफ्रीका के गिनी समुद्रतट तथा कोलंबिया के प्रशांत समुद्रतटीय क्षेत्र में पाई जाती है।

23 सितम्बर के बाद सूर्य की स्थिति दक्षिणायन होने लगती है, और वह 24 दिसम्बर को मकर रेखा पर लम्बवत चमकता है, जिस कारण उत्तरी गोलार्ध के मानसूनी प्रदेशों (मध्य एशिया) के अत्यधिक ठंडा हो जाने के कारण वहां उच्च वायुदाब विकसित हो जाता है। ये हवाएं उत्तर-पूर्वी मानसूनी हवाएं कहलाती है। अब एशिया के इस आंतरिक भाग से ठंडी हवा समुद्रतटों की ओर चलने लगती है। हिमालय पर्वत श्रेणी के कारण ये ठंडी हवा भारत में प्रवेश नहीं कर पाती। उत्तर-पूर्व दिशा में बहती हुई यह हवा विशाल हिस्से को पार कर दक्षिण एशिया के देशों में पहुंचती है। स्थल से आने के कारण यह हवा शुष्क होती है, किन्तु बंगाल की खाड़ी पार करते समय आर्द्रता ग्रहण कर लेती है, और इसलिए प्रायद्वीपीय भारत के पूर्वी समुद्रतटीय भागों में, खासकर तमिलनाडु और आंध्र प्रदेश में, वर्षा होती है। इसे मानसून का लौटना कहते हैं।

मानसून के कारण वर्षा प्राय: तीन प्रकार की होती है-चक्रवातीय, पर्वतीय तथा संवहनीय। आर्द्र मानसून हवाएं जब पर्वत से टकराती है तो ऊपर उठ जाती हैं, परिणामस्वरूप पर्याप्त बारिश होती है। चूंकि हम जानते हैं कि ज्यों-ज्यों उंचाई बढ़ती है तापमान कम होने लगता है। 165 मीटर ऊपर जाने पर एक डिग्री सेंटीग्रेट तापमान कम हो जाता है। हवाएं जब ऊपर उठती हैं तो इसमें मौजूद वाष्पकण ठंडे होकर पानी की बूंदों में बदल जाते है। जब पानी की बूंद भारी होने लगती है तो यह धरती पर गिरती है। इसे हम बारिश कहते हैं। चूंकि मानसूनी हवा में वाष्पकण भरपूर मात्रा में होते हैं इसलिए बारिश भी जमकर होती है।

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HariOm/Current-affairs/March2016

*INTERNATIONAL
1) Kosovo Parliament has elected Hashim Thaci as its President. What is the capital of Kosovo?
Ans:- Pristina
2) The fifth edition of IBSAMAR 2016, a trilateral exercise between Brazil, India & South Africa kicked off in Goa. It is which type exercise?
Ans:- Naval
3) Which countries are participating in the naval Exercise IBSAMAR 2016?
Ans:- Brazil, India and South Africa
4) In accordance with the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report, which country stood at top?
Ans:- Switzerland

*INDIA & WORLD
1) India has approved a $150 million credit line for the development of Chabahar port. This port is located in which of the following countries?
Ans:- Iran
2) Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology and a consortium of top UK research institutions signed an MoU for establishment of a joint India-UK collaboration programme in _____?
Ans:- Crop science
3) The Indian Government has extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme to how many countries?
Ans:- 37
4) The 7th joint military exercise named as Lamitye Military Exercise held between which countries at victoria Mahe Island?
Ans:- India and Seychelles
5) Indian Defence Ministry has issued an order worth Rs 22,000 crores for purchase of helicopters, CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apache, with which of the following countries?
Ans:- United States
6) India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list of 126 countries in terms of Energy Security complied by World Economic Forum (WEF). The list is topped by _________
Ans:- Switzerland
7) India has ranked 37 out of 38 countries for its intellectual property rights environment in the annual IP index released by the United States
Chamber of Commerce (USCC) with only Venezuela scoring lower. Which Country ranked first in this rank?
Ans:- USA
8) The Marshall Islands is in process to sue India and others in International Court of Justice. Capital city of the tiny island country is?
Ans:- Majuro

*NATIONAL
1) Name the scheme that will be launched to link States and Districts?
Ans:- ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’
2) Union Government is all set to mobilize how much amount under its ambitious Sagarmala project?
Ans:- Rs 10 Lakh cr
3) In accordance with the information received from Office of Registrar General of India (RGI), sex ratio in India has has been upgraded to how much?
Ans:- 943
4) Prime Minister NarendraModi has recently launched the ambitious ‘Rurban Mission’ for developing 300 villages across the country as urban growth centres aimed at improving the country’s basic infrastructure, at which places?
Ans:- Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh
5) Government of India will pay EPS contribution of how much percent for all new employees enrolling in EPFO for the first three years of employment which will be applicable to those with salaries of Rs. 15,000 per month?
Ans:- 8.33%
6) For the benefit of farmers, how much percent FDI through FIPB route will be permitted for marketing of food products, produced and manufactured in India?
Ans:- 100% FDI
7) The Indian government has planned to set up wifi facilities at 25,000 spots in the country by _______?
Ans:- March 2016
8) Which station was declared the cleanest railway station in India according to an Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) survey that was released on 17 March 2016?
Ans:- Surat (Gujarat)
9) The Delhi police has tied up with which Indian organisation to track crime in the city?
Ans:- Indian Space Research Organization
10) The cabinet has approved the Mines and Minerals Amendment bill, 2015.The Mines and minerals act was passed in?
Ans:- 1957

*STATES
1) Vedanta has bagged the Baghmara (Sonakhan) gold mine, the country’s first gold mine to be auctioned, in the state of?
Ans:- Chhattisgarh
2) Recently, Rajasthan govt has inked how many pacts worth Rs 11,531.21 crore with various companies?
Ans:- 51
3) Which state has launched ‘Niramaya’ scheme for distribution of free medicines?
Ans:- Odisha
4) The NDDB foundation for Nutrition (NFN) has launched the ‘Gift Milk’ initiative in which state?
Ans:- Telangana
5) President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the country’s first “Gender Park” in which state?
Ans:- Kerala
6) Which Indian state announces housing scheme for transgenders?
Ans:- Karnataka
7) National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 has been officially launched in which state?
Ans:- Mizoram
8) India’s first-ever Aviation Park will come up in which state?
Ans:- Gujarat
9) Which state government has launched an initiative “School on wheels” for tribal children?
Ans:- Rajasthan
10) India’s first international arbitration centre will come up in which city?
Ans:- Mumbai
11) Government has set up a high-level committee to look into the issue of missing files related to 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case.This case related to which state?
Ans:- Gujarat
12) Which state government has launched awareness programme to protect sparrows?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
13) Which state has introduced the Prohibition of Social Boycott bill, 2016?
Ans:- Maharashtra
14) Which state has adopted its new Industrial Policy which will be valid till 2026?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir

*CONFERENCES
1) The 13th World Spice Congress was held recently in?
Ans:- Ahmedabad

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) The Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar award 2016 will be given to?
Ans:- Ranveer Singh & Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2) Goverdhan Mehta has been conferred with Federal Republic of Germany’s prestigious Cross of the Order of Merit’. He is a researcher related to?
Ans:- Chemical Sciences
3) The prestigious Astronautical Society of India’s Aryabhata Award has been given to?
Ans:- Avinash Chander
4) Which is the best picture award winner at the 88th annual Academy Awards 2016?
Ans:- Spotlight
5) Who has been chosen for the Dinanath Mangeshkar award?
Ans:- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
6) Which of the following companies has bagged the Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Awards in the category of Best Environment-Friendly Project?
Ans:- GVK Biosciences
7) Which bank has won the first ever Green Bond Pioneer Award 2016?
Ans:- Yes Bank
8) Who has been conferred with the Germany’s prestigious ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’?
Ans:- Goverdhan Mehta
9) Which Indian film has won the Best Children’s Film award at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival?
Ans:- Ottal
10) Who has been conferred with the first world Sanskrit Award?
Ans:- Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
11) Which of the following state’s tourism campaign has bagged the prestigious Golden City Gate Award?
Ans:- Kerala
12) Which bank has won the first ever Green Bond Pioneer Award 2016?
Ans:- Yes Bank
13) Who has been bestowed with the French Legion of Honour, recently?
Ans:- Muhammad bin Nayef
14) Who has been awarded 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman?
Ans:- Padma Sachdev

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Lalita Babar has been named Sportsperson of the Year in India Sports Awards 2015. She is a/an?
Ans:- Long-distance runner
2) Which country has won 2016 Trans-Tasman Trophy of Cricket?
Ans:- Australia
3) Which cricket team has won the 2015-16 season’s Ranji Trophy title?
Ans:- Mumbai
4) Which team has won the Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) title 2016?
Ans:- Punjab Warriors
5) Which countries have won the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2016 in the men and women’s categories respectively?
Ans:- Indonesia and South Korea
6) Which country will host the final of the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2017, the ICC has announced recently?
Ans:- Lord’s
7) Brendon McCullum has blasted the fastest century in Test history in his 101st and final match before retiring. He is from ______?
Ans:- New Zealand
8) Who won 2016 Australian Grand Prix, the inaugural event of the Formula 1 (F1) season of 2016, on 20 March 2016?
Ans:- Nico Rosberg (Germany)

*ECONOMY
1) What is the fiscal deficit target for the year 2016-17?
Ans:- 3.5% of GDP
2) How much amount is allocated for celebrating Birth Centenary of Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay and 350th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh?
Ans:- 100 Crore
3) Which act will be amended to strengthen Asset Reconstruction Companies which will help in dealing with stressed assets of Banks?
Ans:- SARFAESI Act
4) For the benefit of farmers, how much percent FDI through FIPB route will be permitted for marketing of food products, produced and manufactured in India?
Ans:- 100% FDI
5) What is the total amount that will be spent on capital expenditure of roads and railways in 2016-17?
Ans:- Rs. 2,18,000 crore
6) Government of India will pay EPS contribution of how much percent for all new employees enrolling in EPFO for the first three years of employment which will be applicable to those with salaries of
Rs. 15,000 per month?
Ans:- 8.33%
7) How many Multi Skill Training Institutes will be set up under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana?
Ans:- 1500
8) A New Health Protection scheme will be launched which will provide health cover up to how much amount per family?
Ans:- Rs. 1 lakh
9) Unified Agricultural Marketing E Platform to be dedicated to the Nation on the Birthday of which famous personality on 14th April, 2016?
Ans:- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
10) What is the total outlay on irrigation including market borrowings in the budget for the year 2016-17?
Ans:- Rs. 12,157 crore
11) How much amount will be given as Grant in Aid to Gram Panchayats & Municipalities as per the recommendations of the 14th FC?
Ans:- Rs.2.87 lakh crore
12) In order to enhance economic cooperation and strengthen financial stability, RBI has extended the currency swap arrangement to SAARC nations till mid-November 2017 of how much amount?
Ans:- $2 billion
13) Recently, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the certificate of registration of how many NBFCs?
Ans:- 26
14) What is the approximate contribution of real estate in India’s national GDP?
Ans:- 9%

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) The world’s first fast-acting anti-rabies drug “RMAb” will be launched in which country?
Ans:- China
2) Scott Kelly, an astronaut returned on Earth After a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. He was an astronaut of which country?
Ans:- USA
3) US health regulator has tentative approved which drug firm’s Ritonavir tablets used for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection?
Ans:- Aurobindo Pharma
4) The Department of bio-technology of Ministry of Science & Technology has inked pact with which of the following country in research on Crop Sciences?
Ans:- United Kingdom
5) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Naddahas launched Project Sunrise for prevention of which disease specially among people injecting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states?
Ans:- AIDS
6) India’s first indigenously developed lightest revolver (gun) weighing merely 250 grams was successfully launched to boost the “Make In India” initiative. The name of this revolver is ____?
Ans:- Nidar
7) The world’s first fully electric-powered double-decker bus has been launched in which country?
Ans:- United Kingdom
8) Exo-Mars is a project launched to explore living conditions in Mars. It is a combined effort of?
Ans:- Europe & Russia
9) NASA’s new MARS mission ‘InSight’ is set to be launched in?
Ans:- 2018

*PERSONS IN NEWS

#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) India’s second largest software exporter Infosys has extended the tenure of chief executive officer & Managing Director Vishal Sikka by another —- years till the year 2021?
Ans:- 4 Years
2) Who has been elected as the new FIFA President?
Ans:- Gianni Infantino
3) Who has been appointed as the first Chairman of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB)?
Ans:- Vinod Rai
4) Who has recently been appointed as first non-navy officer to head Coast Guard?
Ans:- Rajendra Singh
5) Ashwini Nangia has been appointed as the Director of the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory which is situated at?
Ans:- Pune
6) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari has been sworn-in as the new chief justice of the?
Ans:- Meghalaya High Court
7) Which cricketer has been appointed as the UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador For Youth in Bangladesh?
Ans:- Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
8) Christine Lagarde from France has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund for a second five-year term. The headquarters of The IMF is located at which places?
Ans:- Washington D.C
9) Who was appointed as the Director General (DG) of Indian Coast Guard (ICG)?
Ans:- Rajendra Singh
10) Who has been named as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)?
Ans:- Ashley Judd

#B) RESIGNS
1) Who was resigned as the chairman of United Spirits Ltd (USL)?
Ans:- Vijay Mallya

#C) DEATHS
1) Rajesh Pillai, who has been recently passed away was related to which field?
Ans:- Director
2) Leslie Bassett, Pulitzer winning passed away in Oakwood, Georgia. He was a famous?
Ans:- Composer

#D) VISITORS
1) Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, recently visited India.He was the price of which country?
Ans:- Abu Dhabi

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Which of the following Nation’s Women Cycling Team has been nominated by a group of Italian MPs for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for their dedication?
Ans:- Afghanistan
2) Who will become the first women umpire to officiate in the ICC World Twenty20 cricket?
Ans:- Kathleen Cross

#PLACES IN NEWS
1) In the recently released survey by travel website TripAdvisor, how many Indian beaches has been listed in the top 10 “Asia’s Travellers Choice Award Winning Beaches”?
Ans:- 3
2) Which of the following city’s school has been emerged as the greenest school of India?
Ans:- Noida

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of AAFI?
Ans:- Amateur Athletics Federation of India
2) What is the full form of ASWAC?
Ans:- Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Book title “Indian Paper Money” has been authored by —?
Ans:- Razack
2) The book “Playing It My Way” has entered the Limca Book of Records in the category of bestselling books across both fiction and non-fiction categories. It is the autobiography of?
Ans:- Sachin Tendulkar

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) The Government-constituted expert committee to examine the Possibility of Replacing Multiple Prior Permissions with Pre-Existing Regulatory Mechanism submitted its recommendations. It was
headed by —?
Ans:- Ajay Shankar
2) Who has recently been appointed as chairperson of a committee set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy?
Ans:- T. S. R. Subramanian

*DAYS & DATES
1) The March 3 is celebrated as __ ?
Ans:- Natioanl Defence Day
2) World Consumer Rights day celebrated on __?
Ans:- March 15
3) March 21 is celebrated as __?
Ans:- International Day of Forests
4) National Vaccination Day is on ___?
Ans:- March 16
5) World Wild life day is on ___?
Ans:- March 3
6) World Disabled day is celebrated on ___?
Ans:- March 15

#Competition For You

HariOm/Current-affairs/February 2016

*INTERNATIONAL
1) Recently NATO, EU signed agreement on___?
Ans:- Cyber defense cooperation
2) The North Korea has restarted which reactor that shut down in 2007?
Ans:- Graphite-moderated plutonium reactor
3) India,china’s first tactical drill on boarder with exercise named?
Ans:- Sino-India Cooperation
4) India with 130 rank in human development is placed under which category?
Ans:- Medium Human Development Countries
5) Japan lifts nuclear sanctions on_____?
Ans:- Iran
6) Recently Canada,US,Mexico signed a Memorandum of Understanding on?
Ans:- Climate Change
7) The country that banned kidney transplants for foreigners?
Ans:- Sri Lanka
8) Recently the country that approves Hindu Marriage Bill?
Ans:- Pakistan
9) The Country that tops in Human development from south Asia?
Ans:- Sri Lanka

*INDIA & WORLD
1) International Fleet Review 2016 held at ?
Ans:- Viskhapatnam
2) India and Sri Lanka signed MoUs related to?
Ans:- Education and Health Sectors
3) Japan shin Maywa Industries planned to set up manufacturing plant of US-2 amphibious aircraft in India Under which concept?
Ans:- Make in India Initiative
4) India and Armenia signed Protocol amending for___?
Ans:- Changing Existing Double Taxation Avoidance
5) The Asian Development Bank (ADB)and Government of India signed an $80 million loan agreement for development of _____in Agartala and Aizwal ?
Ans:- Infrastructure
6) The company that agreed to store crude oil in Indian storage is?
Ans:- Abu Dhabi National Oil (ADNOC) Company
7) The company that agreed to store crude oil in Indian storage is?
Ans:- Abu Dhabi National Oil (ADNOC) Company
8) Joint military exercise LAMITYE 2016 is between which countries?
Ans:- India and Seychelles
9) India and Oman Conduct bilataral naval exercise with name?
Ans:- ‘Naseem Al Baha’
10) India and France ink MoU on Purchase of ?
Ans:- Rafale Jets

*NATIONAL
1) Recently Prime minister Narendra Modi dedicated which factory to nation ?
Ans:- Brahmaputra cracker and polymer Ltd
2) Joint Venture Companies approved by Union cabinet for resources of executing rail infrastructure projects in multiple states is between___?
Ans:- Ministry of Railways and State Government
3) Recently union ministr y of social justice and empowerment has launched_____for Disabilities(PwDs)
Ans:- Developed by National
4) Disabilities(PwDs) developed by National Handicapped Finance and development cooperation (NHFDC)?
Ans:- Job Portal
5) The scheme Launched by Government for online booking of LPG Cylinders is?
Ans:- Sahaj Scheme
6) Union Government Released Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for the states?
Ans:- North – Eastern State
7) The National organic forming Reasearch institute set up by Union Government in ?
Ans:- Sikkim
8) Recently Union Government launched NFME for the elimination of disease?
Ans:- Malaria

*STATES
1) Under which article of constitution Arunachal Pradesh comes under Presidental rule?
Ans:- Article 356
2) In Internet Readlness the state that present in 1st position?
Ans:- On tario, Cananda
3) The MNoEFce delares wild pigas vermin in?
Ans:- Uttarakhand
4) Recently the central rule is assesd in which state?
Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh

*CONFERENCES
1) 19th National Conference on e-governance held in Nagpur was organized by?
Ans:- Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG)
2) In 4th world government summit in Dubai m-Government Service Award was presented to?
Ans:- Karnataka Mobile One project

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) In which function was the Wild life Film maker Naresh Bedi Honoured with V shantaram Award?
Ans:- Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)
2) Amnesty International Germany has chosen Henri Tiphagne,the Indian lawyer and Human rights activist, for which award?
Ans:- Amnesty International Human Rights award
3) On the which day three Indian citizens are Honoured with Highest civilian award of Australia?
Ans:- Australian day
4) The Indian’s highest Peace time gallantry award Ashoka chakra is given to lance posthumous hero___?
Ans:- MohanNathGoswami
5) On 24th Jan blind cricketers of India won first T20 which cup ?
Ans:- Asia cup
6) Who are the two women single players, have more Grand prix gold title than sindhu?
Ans:- SaniaNehwal and Sung Jihyun

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) First German tennis player won Australian open title Since 1999 she is?
Ans:- Angelique Kerber
2) West Indies won ICC U19 Cricket World Cup by defeating?
Ans:- India
3) ATP Argentina open title was won by?
Ans:- Domminic Thiem
4) Chappell-Hanlee Trophy was won by?
Ans:- Newzealand
5) The International cricket council (ICC) suspended Pakistani leg-Spinner for three months is?
Ans:- Yasi Shah
6) 61 National School Athletics Champion Ship was won by?
Ans:- Kerala
7) The Tennis player who reached 300 Grand Slam is?
Ans:- Roger Federer
8) The 83 Senior National Snooker Champion Shiptitle was given to
Ans:- Aditya Mehta

*ECONOMY
1) India was ranked 37 out of 38 countries according to which Index?
Ans:- International Intellectual Property Index
2) Recently Miniratna category-1 status is given to?
Ans:- Hospital Services Consultancy CorporationLtd (HSCC)
3) Three major IT companies of India that joined US president Barak Obama’s ambitious “computer science for all” scheme is?
Ans:- Infosys, Tataconsultancy services and wipro
4) World’s wealthiest People list is prepared as per data provided in_____?
Ans:- Wealth-x, a wealth-tracking website
5) Accoding to United Nations world economy report India is fastest growing economy at the rate of__?
Ans:- 7.3%
6) The country that tops in milk production is ?
Ans:- India
7) The One Billion users of mobile messaging app the app is?
Ans:- Whats App
8) According to UNISDR Report India ranked in which place?
Ans:- Third

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) launched which satel lite successfully?
Ans:- Kwangmyong song-4 satellite
2) To build a project loon Google made a Joint venture with which country?
Ans:- Srilanka
3) Presence of Gravitational waves was confirmed by?
Ans:- US Laser Interferometer Gravitational waves Observatory (Ligo) scientists
4) Presence of Gravitational waves was confirmed by?
Ans:- US Laser Interferometer Gravitational waves Observatory (Ligo) scientists
5) New Species of Hydroid Polyps, emitting gree fluorescence is discoverd in?
Ans:- Red Sea
6) The satellite Launched by French Guiana abroad on Arianes Vehicle is ?
Ans:- Intaslat 29e

*PERSONS IN NEWS

#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) On 21st January atulesh jindal has appointed as new chairman of CBDT by whom ?
Ans:- Narendra Modi
2) Indian origin Australia high commissioner to India is?
Ans:- Harinder Sindu
3) Recently appointed commonder of NATO fores in Afghanistan?
Ans:- John Nicholson
4) New Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh is?
Ans:- Justice Sanjay Mishra
5) New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is?
Ans:- Atulesh Jindal

#B) RESIGNS
1) The new governor of Arunachal Pradesh after Y S Dadwal resignation is?
Ans:- B D Sharma

#C) DEATHS
1) Recently the Cartoonist died was?
Ans:- Sudhir Tailang
2) Recently died Tabala player,Sankarghosh got which award in 2000 ?
Ans:- Sangeet Natak Akademi
3) Former Army Chief passed on 30 January 2016 is?
Ans:- Krishna Rao
4) The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner Tabala player recently died is?
Ans:- Sankar Ghosh
5) A. G. Krishna Murthy Recently passed away is founder of ?
Ans:- Mudra Communications

#D) VISITORS
1) Dr. Hamid Ansari Made a visit from 1st to 5th Feb to__?
Ans:- Brunei & Thailand
2) President of India Recently the prince that clisited India is?
Ans:- Crown of Abu Dhabi
3) The president that made a visit to republic Function of India?
Ans:- French president Franco is Hollande

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Recently HFEA of United kingdom granted license to Francis crick Institute to use new gene editing techniques on whose embryos?
Ans:- Human embryos
2) The “2015 is earths warmest year since 1880”who said this?
Ans:- NASA&NOAA with Individual analysis
3) Recently That launches its first original movies and series is?
Ans:- YouTube
4) India’s Lightest Revolver weighing 250grams released by Rifle Factory Ishapore is?
Ans:- Nidar

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) World’s largest concentrated solar plant constructed in?
Ans:- Morocco
2) World’s largest canyon spotted by Chinese Scientists under Princess Elizabeth Land is larger than present largest Grand canyon present in?
Ans:- United states
3) Indians Worlds best hotel of 2016 is____present in Rajasthan?
Ans:- Jodhpur’s Umaid Bhawan

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) HFEA stands for __ ?
Ans:- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
2) IAHC means ___?
Ans:- India Africa Hydro Carbon Conference
3) What is SEBI ?
Ans:- Securities and Exchange Board of India
4) NATO Stands for ___?
Ans:- North Atlantic Treaty organization
5) MoEF means ___?
Ans:- Ministry of Enuiromenty Forest and Climate
6) DARPG stans for ___?
Ans:- Department of administrative Reforms and Public Guievances

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Former President Kalam’s Book launched in South Africa the book is?
Ans:- Transendence
2) Recently Mamata Banerjee released 10 Books at___?
Ans:- Kolkata International Book Fair

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Supreme court Recently appointed which Committee to sell PACL’s asserts?
Ans:- Lodha Committee
2) Recently Companies Law Committee submitted recommendations on Companies act to Union government, this committee was chaired by?
Ans:- Japan Ray Secretary

*DAYS & DATES
1) Central Excise Day is observed on ?
Ans:- 24 February
2) World Marriage Day is observed on ____?
Ans:- Second Sunday of February
3) 28 February is celebrated as ?
Ans:- National Science Day

#Competition For You

HariOm/Current-affairs/January 2016:

*INTERNATIONAL
1) Which country’s parliament adopted the country’s first law against domestic violence?
Ans:- China
2) World Health Organization(WHO) has declared which country as Ebola free country recently?
Ans:- West Africa
3) Giorgi Kvirikashvili has been elected as the 12th Prime Minister of which country?
Ans:- Georgia
4) The blue stone of Sri Lanka was named as ___?
Ans:- The Star of Sapphire
5) Union Government signed loan agreement to clean Mula Mutha river in pune with which country?
Ans:- Japan
6) China and Soudi Arabia signed MoU on Industrical capacity to improve co-operation in_?
Ans:- Energy policies

*INDIA & WORLD
1) India made a civil nuclear cooperation deal with which country recently?
Ans:- Australia
2) In which I Q test Kashmia had got top score 2 became youngest brainiest students in country?
Ans:- Mensa test
3) 8th India and UK Economic and Financial Dialogue held in which place ?
Ans:- London
4) Memorandum of Understanding in co-operation field of health is held between?
Ans:- India and Maldives

*NATIONAL
1) Which is inaguarated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 December to ferry MPs at Parliament?
Ans:- Electric Bus ‘Go Green’
2) On 22 December Rajya Sabha cleared which bill of Juveniles?
Ans:- Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2015
3) The Union cabinet approved which scheme in the textile industry?
Ans:- Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme
4) Ministry overseas Indian Affairs was merged with?
Ans:- Ministry of external affairs (MEA)
5) Two related sub progects green ports launched by Union Ministry of shipping is?
Ans:- 1. Green Port, 2. Swachh Bharat Abiyaan

*STATES
1) On 18th Jan. 2016 Narandra Modi declared which state as organic farming state ?
Ans:- Sikkim
2) The Vice President Humid Ansari announced which state has 100% primany eduction?
Ans:- Kerala
3) Recently Punjab chief minister parkash sing Bandal Band which manufacturing?
Ans:- Gutkha Manufacture
4) Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalitha announced “Amma call centre” for public redressal state governament with complaint number?
Ans:- 1100

*CONFERENCES
1) What are 5 E’5 coined by Modi in Indian science congress?
Ans:- Economy, Environment, energy, empathy and equity
2) Who inaugurated 103rd Indian science congress (ISC) held in Mysore?
Ans:- Narendra Modi

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Who is the Gujarati literature selected for 2015 Jnanpith Award?
Ans:- Raghuveer Chaudhary
2) Who is the famous mridangam vidwan got yuva purskar?
Ans:- Parupalli Subbarayaphalgun
3) In 2015 to whom the cricketer of yerar award is given by BCCI?
Ans:- Virat Kohli
4) Indian Author Anuradha Roy got which award for her novel “sleeping on Jupiter”?
Ans:- DSC Prize
5) The 2015-16 Krishi karam award was announced to which state?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh
6) Israil Journalist, palestinion pastor got which prize for “Fight against occupation and violence”?
Ans:- Swedish rights Prize

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who are named as the Women’s Doubles World Champions by the ITF?
Ans:- Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis
2) Who won the Mixico Open Grand Prix Badminton title?
Ans:- Sumit Reddy -Manu Atri Pair
3) For which cup does the Mumbai teenager pranav Dhanawade played and broke world record?
Ans:- Bhundari Cup
4) India beats Afghanistan and won which Cup for 7th time?
Ans:- SAFFCUP
5) Pranav Dhanawade scores 1009 runs in 323 balls and broke world record for which tournament?
Ans:- Inter-school tournament is Mumbai
6) Nick Kyrgios, darila gavilova won which title by playing Tennis?
Ans:- Hopman cuptitle

*ECONOMY
1) RBI has extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes up to ____?
Ans:- June 30, 2016
2) For which purpose MUDRA converted to MUDRA SIDBI?
Ans:- To benift small scale sectors
3) The reliance wants to set up Rs.5,000 crore naval shipbuilding unit near?
Ans:- Rambilli, 70 km from Vizag
4) World bank released 20 million us dollar for reconstructing which Zoo?
Ans:- Indira Gandhi Zoological park

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the new planet discovered by Australian astronomers found the possibly nearest habitable planet near Earth.?
Ans:- Wolf 1061c
2) What is the name of the reusable rocket land back successfully on Earth launched by SpaceX?
Ans:- Falcon 9
3) What is India’s first indigenously designed warship that has been decommissioned after 32 years of service?
Ans:- INS Godavari
4) What is the beyond visual range air to air missile succesfully testfired on 25 December from Balasore?
Ans:- ASTRA
5) What is the indigenously developed heavyweight torpedo that will be inducted into the Indian Navy next year?
Ans:- Varunastra
6) INS, Kadmat was Inuented by which united?
Ans:- Garden Reach ship Builders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE)
7) DRDO successfully tested fire and forget anti tank missile nag against?
Ans:- Thermal target system (TTS)
8) Recently which country had successfully tested hydrogen bomb with fission reaction?
Ans:- North Korea
9) ISRO successfully launched which Fifth navigation satellite from Satish dhawan space centre?
Ans:- IRN SS-I E

*PERSONS IN NEWS

#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India?
Ans:- Pavan Kumar Agarwal
2) Who was appointed as the India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan?
Ans:- Gautam H Bambawale
3) Air Marshal Bhadarvia takes deputy chief of ?
Ans:- Air Staff
4) Dksitri appointed as chairman of fair trade regulator for?
Ans:- Competition Commission of India (CCI)

#B) RESIGNS
1) The first Indian-American that resigns Governor of Lovisiana in America is?
Ans:- Bobby Jindal
2) The president that resigns from FIFA (International Federation of Association foot ball) is?
Ans:- Seep Blatter

#C) DEATHS
1) The Jammu & Kashmir CM dead is _____ ?
Ans:- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
2) The great leader list by Indian army, who led to birth of Bangladesh?
Ans:- Gen JFR Jacob
3) The ex-sikhim governor passed away was?
Ans:- Ventra Pragada Rama Rao

#D) VISITORS
1) During Modi’s Russia visit, agreement in defence sector includes production of which type of helicopters in India was signed by the two nations?
Ans:- 200 Kamov-226T helicopters
2) Which country Narendra Modi made a surprise visit?
Ans:- Pakistan

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Whose 45 feet high Santa Claus sculpture found a place
in Limca Book of World Records?
Ans:- Sudarshan Patnaik
2) The “2015” earth’s warmest year science 1080” who said this point?
Ans:- NASA and NOAA with Individual Analysis

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) India’s biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre named as Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Centre has been commissioned at ___?
Ans:- Nagpur, Mahrashtra
2) What is the first shipyard in India to get the nod for construction of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) ships?
Ans:- Cochin Shipyard
3) Smriti Irani Inaugurated world book fair at?
Ans:- New Delhi
4) Recently BCCI banned Indian premier for five years for his involvement in match fixing is?
Ans:- Ajit chandila

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) CSO stands for?
Ans:- Central Statistics Office
2) What is meant by NPA?
Ans:- Non Performing Assets
3) PPP Stands for___?
Ans:- Public Private Partnership

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Who is the author of the book ‘Kargil: Turning the Tide’
released recently?
Ans:- Lieutenant General Mohinder Puri
2) Book entitle Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian polity was released by?
Ans:- Hamid Ansari

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) DDCA Commissioner of Enquiry headed by?
Ans:- Former Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam
2) Which committee was formed by Reserve Bank on Medium-term path on Financial Inclusion?
Ans:- Deepak Mohanty Committee
3) Lodha committee on?
Ans:- BCCI

*DAYS & DATES
1) To mark birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, January 12 is celebrated as _?
Ans:- National Youth Day
2) National Voter’s Day is observed on __ ?
Ans:- January 25
3) January 15 is celebrated as _?
Ans:- National Army Day
4) National Cleanliness Day is observed on _?
Ans:- January 30
5) National Day of patriotism is observed on __ ?
Ans:- January 23
6) January 30 is celebrated as ___ ?
Ans:- Martyrs Day

#Competition For You

HariOm/Current-affairs/December 2015:

*INTERNATIONAL
1) South Korea has ratified a free trade agreement (FTA) with which country that would remove most tariffs between the two nations?
Ans:- China
2) Who was elected as the President of the West African country Burkina Faso in the month of December?
Ans:- Roch Marc Christian Kabore
3) Which parliament has recently passed Anti-Terrorism Law?
Ans:- Australia
4) Which African Country has been declared as the Islamic republic by it’s president?
Ans:- Gambia
5) Mauricio Macri was recently elected as president of which country?
Ans:- Argentina
6) Saudi Arabia reopens it’s embassy in which country after 25 years?
Ans:- Iraq

*INDIA & WORLD
1) Which was launched by India and France at the Conference of Parties (CoP21) Climate Conference in Paris?
Ans:- International Solar Alliance (ISA)
2) The Union Cabinet on 2 November 2015 approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Germany on bilateral development cooperation in the field of ____?
Ans:- Solar Energy
3) The Union Cabinet recently approved protocol between India and which country for amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC)?
Ans:- Japan
4) The Union Cabinet on 2 December 2015 approved the signing of the agreement between India and on visa facilitation?
Ans:- Iran

*NATIONAL
1) The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda on 30 November launched which vaccine?
Ans:- Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV)
2) The Delhi Assembly has unanimously passed which Bill for establishment of statutory anti-corruption ombudsman?
Ans:- Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015
3) When was The first India International Science Festival
(IISF) held at IIT-Delhi?
Ans:- 4-8 December, 2015
4) On 3rd December 2015 which programme was launched by Union government for disabled persons?
Ans:- Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
5) Which scheme related to LPG gas subsidy won the Guiness World Records Certificate recently?
Ans:- PAHAL
6) When was the Rajya Sabha passed the Neogotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015?
Ans:- December 7, 2015
7) The National Green Tribunal recently put a complete ban on plastic along the stretch of which river?
Ans:- Ganga
8) On 11 December, 2015 Indian Government imposed anti-dumping duty on which products?
Ans:- Stainless Steel
9) India ranks which place in forbe’s list of best countries for business?
Ans:- 97th Place
10) According to National Air Quality Index Report 2015 released by Green Peace India, which Indian city is most polluted city in the world?
Ans:- Delhi
11) On 14 December,2015 the Lok Sabha passed which bill?
Ans:- Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015

*STATES
1) Which state on 3 December 2015 became the first state of India to launch Rotavirus vaccination project?
Ans:- Himachal Pradesh
2) From 4 to 6 December 2015, the first International festival on Birds was held in which state?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh
3) Which is the first state to submit smart city plan to the Urban Development Ministry?
Ans:- Rajasthan
4) National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered ban on registration of new diesel-run vehicles in__?
Ans:- Delhi

*CONFERENCES
1) The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm)-2015 was held in Malta on ____?
Ans:- 27-29 November
2) The international conference on climate change ‘CoP 21’ has began on 30 November, 2015 in ___?
Ans:- Paris
3) Where was the Heart of Asia meet held on 8, 9 December, 2015?
Ans:- Islamabad
4) Combined Commanders Conference was held on which naval ship?
Ans:- INS Vikramaditya
5) 26th Conference of Southern Zonal Council was held in which city of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans:- Vijayawada

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013-14 has been awarded to _?
Ans:- Kuldip Nayyar
2) What is the submarine that won the Best Innovation Trophy at the Navy Day celebrations held recently?
Ans:- INS Sindhudhwaj
3) Who is the Indian-origin writer from Singapore has been awarded prestigious 2015 South East Asia Write Award?
Ans:- Jamaludeen Mohamed Sali
4) The West Bengal government on 14 December, honoured which famous music composer with Lifetime Achievement Award?
Ans:- Bappi Lahiri
5) President Pranab Mukherjee was on 17th December received which award?
Ans:- Garwood Award
6) Who is the famous Telugu writer awarded with Sahitya Academi Award – 2015?
Ans:- Olga

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Which Indian Grand Master won the title of FIDE World Online Women Blitz Championship held on 26 November in Rome, Italy?
Ans:- Harika Dronavalli
2) Who was crowned the new world heavy weight champion after a win over Vladimir Klitschko of Ukrain?
Ans:- Tyson Fury
3) Who is the Indian Shuttler on November 29, 2015 won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold women’s singles title for the third consecutive time?
Ans:- PV Sindhu
4) Which team won the prestigious 2015 Davis Cup title for first time since 1936?
Ans:- Great Britain
5) What is the Mascot of 2016 South Asian Games Unveiled recently?
Ans:- Tikhor
6) Which Tennis Player is named as Sports person of the year – 2015 ?
Ans:- Serena Williams

*ECONOMY
1) The Reserve Bank of India on 24 November 2015 decided to grant in principle approval to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to function as the Central Unit in ____?
Ans:- Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
2) International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 30 November, 2015 has given fifth place to which currency in it’s elite reserve currency?
Ans:- China’s Yuan
3) India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has recently done an agreement with Stock Exchange Group of which country?
Ans:- London
4) Myanmar on 9 December, 2015 inaugurated a new Stock Exchange named ____?
Ans:- Yangon Stock Exchange

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the nuclear-capable ballistic missile that was successfully test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal?
Ans:- Dhanush
2) What is the first dedicated commercial satellite launched by Japan on 23 November 2015?
Ans:- Telstar 12V
3) What is the joint Israeli-Indian Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) ,which was successfully test fired in Israel on 26 November, 2015?
Ans:- BARAK-8
4) Scientists have created the world’s first litter of puppies concived in a test tube in which country?
Ans:- United States

*PERSONS IN NEWS

#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been elected as the new Secretary General of the commonwealth?
Ans:- Patricia Scotland
2) Who has taken charge as the new WHO representative to India?
Ans:- Dr. Henk Bekedam
3) Who is the Indian-American on 1 December 2015 assumed Presidency of the Royal Society in London?
Ans:- Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
4) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) recently?
Ans:- Prakash Kumar Singh

#B) RESIGNS
1) Who is the chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), on 27 November resigned from the post?
Ans:- Yellapragada Sudershan Rao

#C) DEATHS
1) Who was the founder of Kothari Group that makes the famous mouth-freshner Pan Parag, passed away on 27 November?
Ans:- Mansukhlal Mahadevbhai Kothari
2) Who is the distinguished Japanese historian of South India and South Asia died recently?
Ans:- Noboru Karashima
3) Who is the famous Australian association football player passed away on 29 November, 2015?
Ans:- Joe Marston

#D) VISITORS
1) On his visit to Malaysia Modi along with Malaysian Prime Minister inaugurated _____ built by India with 11 lakh dollars?
Ans:- Thorana Gate
2) How many agreements have been signed between the nations during the Modi’s visit to Singapore?
Ans:- Five
3) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Pakistan to attend which meeting held in Islamabad?
Ans:- ‘Heart of Asia’ 5th Ministerial Meeting

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the Indian-origin appointed as the United States Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
Ans:- Swati Dandekar
2) Who is adjudged as the top philanthropist in the world with 27 billion dollars?
Ans:- Bill Gates
3) With 18.1 million followers, who is the bollywood star remains as the most followed one in Twitter?
Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan
4) Who has named as Person of the Year 2015 by the Time Magazine recently?
Ans:- German Chancellor Angela Merkel
5) Who was awarded with the CEO of the year 2015 at the 17th annual Platts Global Energy Awards?
Ans:- Nishi Vasudeva

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) A new species of tree frog named as ‘Ghatixalus magnus’ has been discovered by the scientists in the Western Ghats of which state?
Ans:- Kerala
2) The biggest Tibetan Buddhist Festival, Losar, has began on 12 December 2015 in Ladakh region of which state?
Ans:- Jammu and Kashmir
3) What is the Myanmar’s first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that was launched recently?
Ans:- Inle Lake in Shan State

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) AAI means ___?
Ans:- Airport Authority of India
2) APEDA stands for ___ ?
Ans:- Agricultural and processed food products Export Development Authority
3) NDDB means ___?
Ans:- National Diary Development Board
4) What is EEU?
Ans:- Eurasian Economic Union
5) JAM stands for?
Ans:- JanDhan, Aadhar and Mobile
6) What is CPIN?
Ans:- Consumer Price Index Number

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) Which Indian-origin author’s historical novel “Vanessa and Her Sister”, has been included in the NewYork Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2015?
Ans:- Priya Parmor
2) Who is the author of the book “China: Behind the Miracle”?
Ans:- Sumita Dawra

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Chief Economic Advisor Dr Arvind Subramanian led Committee has recommended standard rate for Goods and Services Tax (GST) at what per cent?
Ans:- 17 to 18 per cent
2) What is the committee appointed by union government on OROP?
Ans:- L. Narsimha Reddy Judicial Committee

*DAYS & DATES
1) National Energy Conservation Day is observed on __?
Ans:- December 14
2) December 7 is celebrated as ____?
Ans:- Indian Army Flag Day
3) National Girl Child Day is observed on which day of December?
Ans:- December 9
4) December 19 is celebrated as ____?
Ans:- Goa’s Liberation Day
5) World AIDS Day is observed on __?
Ans:- December 1

#Competition For You

HariOm/Current-affairs/November 2015:

*INTERNATIONAL
1) Who is appointed as the new National Security Advisor of Pakistan?
Ans:- Nasser Khan Janjua
2) Which party won the 2015 Parliamentary elections of Poland?
Ans:- Law and Justice Party
3) Who is the first woman president of Nepal?
Ans:- Bidhya Bhandari
4) For supporting Multilateral Science Projects BRICS countries signed a joint Declaration called as ____?
Ans:- Moscow Declaration
5) Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the 2015 parliament elections of which country?
Ans:- Turkey
6) Which country on 4 November, 2015 declared emergency for 30 days on grounds of threat to national security?
Ans:- Maldives
7) Samia Hassan Suluhu on 5 November 2015 was sworn in as first female Vice President of which country?
Ans:- Tanzania

*INDIA & WORLD
1) Union cabinet approved agreement between India and Egypt on which matter?
Ans:- Maritime Transport
2) India decided to boost economic ties to achieve the target of 30 billion dollars in bilateral trade in the next 10 years with which country?
Ans:- Russia
3) What is the name given to the fourth edition of India- Sri Lanka bilateral Naval Excercise heldrecently in Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee coast?
Ans:- ‘SLINEX15’
4) When was the India in Shanghai cultural week held in Shanghai?
Ans:- 5-11 November, 2015
5) India has signed two keys Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on New and Renewable Energy sector and Cultural exchange with which country ?
Ans:- Indonesia
6) To strengthening cooperation in the field of Tourism Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and ____?
Ans:- Colombia
7) India and UK on 12 November, 2015 signed which agreement during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Britain?
Ans:- Civil Nuclear Pact

*NATIONAL
1) Who is the convener for the NITI Aayog Sub-Group formed on rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes?
Ans:- Madhya Pradesh CM, Shiv Raj Singh Chuohan
2) Who is the Union Tribal Affairs Minister?
Ans:- Shri Jual Oram
3) Which social network help BSNL to set up 100 WiFi hotspots in rural India?
Ans:- Facebook
4) Indian Railway launched which scheme to facilitate waitlisted passengers to get alternative train accomodation?
Ans:- Vikalp
5) To encourage paper gold instead of buying gold what is the scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 November 2015?
Ans:- Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
6) For research to solve major engineering and technology challenges President Pranab Mukherjee on 5 November 2015 launched which programme?
Ans:- Imprint India
7) Who is the central minister launched the Army Cloud, Software Defined Data Centre and Digi-Locker facilities for the Indian Army on 9 November, 2015?
Ans:- Manohar Parrikar

*STATES
1) Which state government signed a MoU to set up bio-ethanol refinery in the state in two years?
Ans:- Punjab
2) Which state government imposes 7- month ban on fishing to protect Olive Ridley sea turtles?
Ans:- Odisha
3) Which state government approved the APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women?
Ans:- Maharashtra
4) Which state High Court asked the Centre to consider enforcing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in militancy-hit Garo Hills?
Ans:- Meghalaya
5) For implementation of railway projects Indian Railways signed MoU with which state of the country?
Ans:- Odisha
6) Northeast India’s first exclusive hospital for elephants has been established at which National Park in Assam?
Ans:- Kaziranga National Park

*CONFERENCES
1) The 8th National Seed Congress has began on 27th October in____?
Ans:- Hyderabad
2) Where was the 11th International Food Data Conference started on 3rd November, 2015?
Ans:- Hyderabad
3) Where was the 12th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM FMM12) took place on 5-6 November 2015?
Ans:- Luxemburg
4) IN the G-20 Summit held in Turkey , Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an intervention on the issue of _____?
Ans:- Global Challenges Terrorism and Refugee Crisis

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Which Indian movie was awarded with People’s Choice Award at Rome Film Festival held in Rome, Italy?
Ans:- ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’
2) Who is the socialist and founder of Sulabh International selected for the New York Global Leader Dialogue Humanitarian Award recently?
Ans:- Bindeshwar Pathak
3) Who is the Saudi bolgger that won the Europe’s highest human rights award ‘Sakharov Prize’ recently?
Ans:- Raif Badawi
4) Abraham M Keita was on 10 November 2015 awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2015 belongs to which country?
Ans:- Liberia
5) Who has been honoured recently with the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region by the United Nations?
Ans:- Kiran Rijiju

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Which Indian Golfer won the Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month Award?
Ans:- Anirban Lahiri
2) Who won the Air Asia Open Tennis championship doubles title held on 24 October in Bengaluru?
Ans:- Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh pair
3) Who won the 2015 Formula One United States Grand Prix held on 25 October?
Ans:- Lewis Hamilton
4) Who is the Hyderabad tennis player won the WTA Future Stars under-16 tennis title held on 26 Ocotber in Singapore?
Ans:- Y. Pranjala
5) The top body governing Hockey in the country, Hockey India (HI) with which recently signed a three year MoU to regain its position as the top sport of the country ?
Ans:- Sports Authority of India
6) Who is the Indian para-athlete won the silver in men’s club throw F51 event in the IPC Athletics World Championships?
Ans:- Amit Kumar

*ECONOMY
1) Reserve Bank of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for exchange of supervisory information with which bank?
Ans:- Bangladesh Bank
2) Recently Reserve Bank of India allowed NRIs for which system?
Ans:- National Pension System
3) Which bank is going to start IT subsidary for better service of customers?
Ans:- Reserve Bank of India
4) According to the Financial Secrecy Index 2015 which country is the most secretive jurisdiction in the world ?
Ans:- Switzerland
5) India signed an agreement of 273 million dollars loan from which bank?
Ans:- Asian Development Bank
6) Who is the Microsoft CEO placed in the list of Fortune’s 50 global business leaders representing India?
Ans:- Satya Nadella
7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches which fund in UK during his visit?
Ans:- Neev Fund

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the latest mapping satellite that has been launched by China on 27 October?
Ans:- ‘Tianhui-1C’
2) What is the first Scorpene class submarine which was successfully afloat recently in Mumbai?
Ans:- Kalvari
3) What is the China’s first lunar rover that has set a record for the longest stay on moon recently?
Ans:- ‘Yutu’
4) How much per cent of TB cases registered in India according to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2015?
Ans:- 23 Per cent

*PERSONS IN NEWS
#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as the Director General of Naval Systems and Materials, DRDO recently?
Ans:- Dr. Subhash Chandra Sati
2) Who was appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs, apex body of Indirect Taxes?
Ans:- Najib Shah
3) Who has been selected as the next Managing Director of State Bank of India in place of P Pradeep Kumar?
Ans:- P K Gupta
4) Who is appointed as the first male member of National Council for Women (NCW)?
Ans:- Alok Rawat
5) Who will be the next Chief Justice of India?
Ans:- Justice T S Thakur

#B) RESIGNS
1) Victor Ponta on 4 November 2015 resigned from his position as Prime Minister of which country?
Ans:- Romania

#C) DEATHS
1) Who is the honorary member of the International Olympic Committee recently died?
Ans:- Ashwini Kumar
2) Who is the Oscar winner actor and writer died recently on 2 November, 2015?
Ans:- Colin Welland
3) Yitzhak Navon who died on 6 November, 2015 was served as the ___ President of Isreal?
Ans:- 5th
4) Who is the famous children’s book writer died on 14 November, 2015 in Pune?
Ans:- Kamala Laxman

#D) VISITORS
1) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited which country on 12-14 November , 2015?
Ans:- Britain
2) Who is the Chinese Vice President visited India on 3-7 November, 2015?
Ans:- Li Yuanchao

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the Indian-origin structural engineer invited to the Buckinghalm Palace by the Queen Elizabeth-II?
Ans:- Roma Agarwal
2) Who ranks first in the list of most admired personalities globally by the survey of World Economic Forum?
Ans:- Nelson Mandela
3) Who topped the list of World’s Most Powerful People released by Forbes on 4 November, 2015?
Ans:- Russian President Vladimir Putin

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 has begun in Shillong on 3 November, 2015. Shillong is the capital of which Indian State?
Ans:- Meghalaya
2) Where was the first World Indigenous Games started on 25 October, 2015?
Ans:- Palmas, Brazil
3) Name the Hurricane which recently struck the Mexico’s pacific coast?
Ans:- ‘Patricia’
4) What is the name of the cyclone that struck the eastern shores of the Yemini island of Socotra on 8th November 2015?
Ans:- Cyclone Megh

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of UNESCO?
Ans:- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
2) What is the full form of ICRISAT?
Ans:- International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Crops
3) What does the abbreviation OAPEC stand for?
Ans:- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
4) What does GDP stand for?
Ans:- Gross Domestic Product
5) What does MPLAD stand for?
Ans:- Member of Parliament Local Area Development

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the last book written by former President APJ Abdul Kalam released recently on 3 November, 2015?
Ans:- ‘Advantage India-From Challenge to Opportunity’
2) What is the autobiography of father of Indian Telecommunication Revolution, Sam Pitroda that has been released on 22 October, 2015?
Ans:- “Dreaming Big : My Journey to connect India”
3) What is the book on Indian Space Programme released by ISRO on 5 November, 2015 on the ocassion of second anniversary of Mars Orbiter Spacecraftlaunch?
Ans:- “From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet”

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Which committee is formed to draft revision to New Education Policy 1986?
Ans:- TSR Subramanian Committee
2) The government has appointed a five member panel to review the research grants offered by which institution?
Ans:- University of Grants Commission
3) The committee formed to simplify the Income Tax laws is headed by ____?
Ans:- Justice R.V. Eswar
4) What is the committee set up to suggest steps to sort out taxation problem being faced by the trade and industry?
Ans:- Lahiri Panel

*DAYS & DATES
1) World Television Day is observed on ___?
Ans:- November 21
2) November 19 is celebrated as__?
Ans:- International Men’s Day
3) November 7 is celebrated as ___?
Ans:- World Cancer Awarness Day
4) National Flag Day is observed on?
Ans:- November 30
5) ‘November 17′ is celebrated as ___?
Ans:- World Students Day
6) ‘Infant Protection Day’ is observed on ___?
Ans:- November 7
7) ‘National Law Day’ is observed on ___?
Ans:- November 26
8) November 10 is celebrated as?
Ans:- Transport Day
9) World Legal Service Day’ is observed on?
Ans:- November 9

#Competition For You

HariOm/Current Affairs/October 2015:

*INTERNATIONAL
1) China will sell eight submarines to Pakistan, are of which type?
Ans:- Yuan-class Type 041 diesel-electric submarines
2) Who has been reelected as the President of Belarus for the fifth time?
Ans:- Alexander Lukashenko
3) The European Union (EU) recently launched a new surveillance and rescue operation in the Mediterranean region termed as _____?
Ans:- Operation Sophia
4) Which country on 15 October signed a deal to end the decades of civil war?
Ans:- Myanmar
5) Typhoon Koppu smashes in which country recently?
Ans:- Philippines
6) To test the alliance’s ability to respond to new security threats, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Italy has launched ____?
Ans:- Trident Juncture Military Exercise

*INDIA & WORLD
1) Germany announced how much fund for the development of Solar power system in India?
Ans:- 1 BillionEuros
2) For German companies in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), which system is going to be started by India?
Ans:- Fast-Track system
3) Where the joint Hand-in-Hand counter-terrorism excercises between India and China started on 12 October ?
Ans:- Kunming city in China
4) What is the Chinese company pledged to invest 3 billion dollars investment in renewables in India?
Ans:- Sany Group

*NATIONAL
1) The government would now hold how many PBDs annually in countries with a presence of Indians abroad?
Ans:- Two ‘mini’ Regional PBDs
2) India is the top country among Asian countries for immigrant scientists and engineers in US with how many members?
Ans:- 9,50,000
3) What is the National Watershed Management Project that was approved by the Union Cabinet recently?
Ans:- “Neeranchal”
4) ‘National Watershed Management Project’ or ‘Neeranchal’ belongs to which central government scheme?
Ans:- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
5) The Central Government on 7 October, 2015 approved to construct which buildings in New Delhi in memory of the war soldiers?
Ans:- National War Memorial and National War Museum
6) By which name the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) along with embassy of Sweden inagurated an exhibition on Indian Nobel Laureates in Delhi ?
Ans:- Nobel Memorial Wall
7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 October announced a memorial of whom at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu ?
Ans:- Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
8) The Supreme Court on 16 October, 2015 rejected which Act?
Ans:- National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act

*STATES
1) Which state High Court ruled in a judgement that the Article 370, granting special status to the state is permanent in the Constitution?
Ans:- Jammu & Kashmir
2) In order to cooperate with the Central government’s plan of providing housing to all by 2022, the Rajasthan government launches which scheme?
Ans:- Jan Awas Yojana
3) With view to chek the increasing incidents of missing children inthe state, Kerala govt, launched which operation?
Ans:- Operation Valsalya
4) Uttar Pradesh government launched mobile App mSehat for whose purpose?
Ans:- Health Workers

*CONFERENCES
1) How many Business to Business agreements have been signed by India and Germany in the Indo-German Summit 2015?
Ans:- Five
2) The 2015 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank has been held on ____?
Ans:- 9-11 October
3) The First BRICS Ministerial migration meeting was held in Sochi on ____?
Ans:- 8 October, 2015
4) When was the 5th meeting of India-Maldives joint commission held?
Ans:- 11 October, 2015

*AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Who are the two scientists discovered the new drug ‘Avermectin’ for eradicating filariasis and won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Medicine?
Ans:- William Campbell and Satoshi Omura
2) Who are the two scientists won the Physics Nobel Prize for 2015?
Ans:- Taka aki Kajita and Arthur McDonald
3) The 2015 Physics Nobel Prize winners Kajita and Arthur discovered which particles?
Ans:- “Neutrinos”
4) Who is the canadian selected for the 2015 Right Livelihood Award for her lifelong work to protect the Inuit of the Arctic ?
Ans:- Sheila Watt-Cloutier
5) Name the American scientist who won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize?
Ans:- Paul Modrich
6) 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been won by ____?
Ans:- Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet
7) Who is the welfare economist selected for the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics?
Ans:- Angus Deaton
8) Who is the Nobel Peace Prize winner selected for the Harvard Humanitarian of the Year Award 2015?
Ans:- Kailash Satyarthi
9) What is the book written by Marlon James won the prestigious Booker Prize-2015?
Ans:- “A Brief History of Seven Killings”

*SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who are the winners of Wuhan Open Tennis Tournament Women’s doubles?
Ans:- Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
2) Who is the Indian Cyclist who made a history by winning five medals at Taiwan Cup Track International Classic event?
Ans:- Deborah Herold
3) Who won the T20 International Series which was held from 2 October to 8 October ?
Ans:- South Africa
4) Who is the Indian Shuttler won the Dutch Open men’s singles title held on 11 October?
Ans:- Ajay Jayaram
5) Who is the winner of FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess Tournment 2015 held on 16 October at Kozhikode?
Ans:- Hou Yifan (China)
6) Who is the winner of Shanghai Rolex Masters tennis championship held in China on 18 October ?
Ans:- Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet
7) Which team won the Johar Cup Junior Men’s Hockey?
Ans:- Great Britain

*ECONOMY
1) What is the growth rate of India in 2016?
Ans:- 7.5 per cent
2) Which family topped the list of Forbe’s 50 richest families in Asia?
Ans:- Lee family (Samsung group)
3) London-based publication Emerging Markets has chosen Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as ____?
Ans:- ‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’
4) In the 2015 Global Competitiveness Index of world Economic forum (WEF) India ranks__?
Ans:- 55th Position
5) On Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which bank ?
Ans:- Central Bank of United Arab Emirates

*SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) What is the first weapon fitted warship that was commissioned recently in Vishakapatnam?
Ans:- INS Asthradharini
2) What is the name of the satellite developed by the students launched by China recently?
Ans:- Naliligong-1
3) What is the India’s subsonic cruise missile developed by DRDO failed on 16 October?
Ans:- Nirbhay
4) China on 17 October launches a new communication satellite called ___?
Ans:- ‘APSTAR-9’

*PERSONS IN NEWS
#A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who has been appointed as the CMD (additional charge) of SAIL on 1 October, 2015?
Ans:- Anup K. Pujari
2) On 9 October who has been appointed as the chairman of Atomic Energy Commission?
Ans:- Sekhar Basu
3) Who has been elected as the new Prime Minster of Nepal on 11 October, 2015?
Ans:- K.P. Sharma Oli

#B) RESIGNS
1) Who is the CEO of Igate, an American technology services organisation resigned recently?
Ans:- Ashok Vemuri
2) Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal resigned on 10 October because of protests over the country’s new Constitution ?
Ans:- Sushil Koirala

#C) DEATHS
1) Who is the veteran Tamil actress and comedian passed away recently?
Ans:- Manorama

#D) VISITORS
1) On October 6th Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited which company in Bengaluru?
Ans:- Vocational training centre at Bosch
2) Amman City Council on the occassion of visit presented ____to the President Pranab Mukherjee ?
Ans:- Golden Key of Amman
3) President Pranab Mukherjee visited which country on 12 October during the six day historic visit?
Ans:- Palastine
4) India and Isreal signed on which agreement during the President’s visit?
Ans:- Double taxation avoidance agreement

#E) MISCELLANEOUS
1) Who is the eminent author returned the Sahitya Akademi Award recently?
Ans:- Nayantara Sehgal
2) Who is the first woman Parliament speaker elected on 16 October, 2015?
Ans:- Onsari Gharti Mangar

*PLACES IN NEWS
1) The DRDO on 2 October, 2015 inaguarated an Extreme Altitude Research Centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir at which hight ?
Ans:- 17,600 Ft
2) The New Capital of Andhra Pradesh State?
Ans:- Amaravathi

*ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the fullform of DRDA?
Ans:- District Rural Development Association
2) What is the full form of ASEAN?
Ans:- Association of South East Asian Nations
3) BIMSTEC stands for what?
Ans:- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation
4) What is the term CSIR stands for?
Ans:- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
5) NRHM stands for ____?
Ans:- National Rural Health Mission
6) BARC stands for ____?
Ans:- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
7) NATO stands for ____?
Ans:- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
8) TPP stands for ____?
Ans:- Trans Pacific Partnership
9) DIPP stands for ____?
Ans:- Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
10) ADB stands for ____?
Ans:- Asian Development Bank
11) ICAC stands for ____?
Ans:- International Cotton Advisory Committee
12) PMSKY stands for ____?
Ans:- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
13) NJAC stands for ____?
Ans:- National Judicial Appointments Commission
14) ISRO stands for ____?
Ans:- Indian Space Research Organisation
15) AMRUT stands for ____?
Ans:- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
16) IMF stands for ____?
Ans:- International Monetary Fund
17) WEF stands for ____?
Ans:- World Economic Forum
18) CIPS stands for ____?
Ans:- China International Payment System
19) NRB stands for ____?
Ans:- Nuclear Recycle Board
20) IPCC stands for ____?
Ans:- Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change
21) AICS stands for ____?
Ans:- All India Council of Sports
22) CPAC stands for ____?
Ans:- Central Press Accreditation Committee
23) IRCTC stands for ____?
Ans:- Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
24) BWF stands for ____?
Ans:- Badminton World Fedaration
25) DRDL stands for ____?
Ans:- Defence Research and Development Laboratory
26) DIHAR stands for ____?
Ans:- Defence Institute of High Altitude Research
27) JNPT stands for ____?
Ans:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

*BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the book about the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee released recently at Rashtrapati Bhavan?
Ans:- ‘The Nationalist President Pranab Mukherjee’
2) Who is the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve released his book titled Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath?
Ans:- Ben S Bernanke

*COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who is the former Chief Election Commissioner in the committee formed on Kalam Memorial at Rameshwaram ?
Ans:- N. Gopalaswamy
2) Achary committee has recommended to increase the existing salary of MLAs from Rs. 12,000 per month to ___?
Ans:- Rs. 50,000

*DAYS & DATES
1) Which day is celebrated on October 17?
Ans:- International Poverty Eradication Day
2) International Peace Day is observed on which date?
Ans:- October 2
3) United Nations Day is observed on which date?
Ans:- October 24

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